
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 46
ECG513/0100
SuSE Version 6.3 Distribution
Firmware Inspection and Upgrade
After powering up your AlphaStation computer, type the command "show version". Check that
the version string printed is "V5.4-2 May 19 1999 14:25:16" or newer, and that the first letter of
the version string is a "V". If this is not the case, you should upgrade your firmware. Instructions
on how to do this can be found at http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/ along with
the latest firmware images.
System Resource Manager Configuration
There are several pieces of information that you need to configure in the SRM subsystem, as well
as device identifiers that you should make note of, prior to beginning the installation process. The
steps that follow take you through that process.
1. Power up your system. After several diagnostics are completed, you will be presented an
SRM prompt ">>>", as shown here:
OpenVMS PALcode V1.61-22, Digital UNIX PALcode V1.54-20
FF.FE.FD.FC.FB.FA.F9.F8.F7.F6.F5.F3.F2.F1.F0.EF.EE.ED.EC.EB.EA.E9.F4.E8.E
7.E6.E5.E4.
COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000 Console V5.5-7
built on Jul 22 1999 at 11:10:07
>>>
2. Determine what devices your system has installed. In particular you will need to note your
installation device (a floppy and/or CD-ROM), and your target disk drive. Entering the
command "show devices" as shown below will print out the information about your system:
>>>show device
dka0.0.0.6.1 DKA0 RZ2CC-KA 5520
dka100.1.0.6.1 DKA100 RZ2CC-KA 5520
dqa0.0.0.107.0 DQA0 TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6202B 1110
dva0.0.0.0.0 DVA0
ewa0.0.0.3.1 EWA0 00-00-F8-71-53-F5
ewb0.0.0.12.0 EWB0 00-00-F8-1E-86-8F
pka0.7.0.6.1 PKA0 SCSI Bus ID 7 5.57
pkb0.7.0.2009.1 PKB0 SCSI Bus ID 7 5.57
In the output above, the first line shows that DKA0 is a hard disk, DQA0 is a CD-ROM, and
DVA0 is a floppy drive.
Also useful for inspecting the computer configuration is the "show config" command, as
shown here:
>>>show config | more
3. Configure the system SRM parameters to boot from your installation device. The commands
for configuring to boot from the CDROM device are shown here:
>>>set bootdef_dev dqa0
>>>set boot_file
>>>set boot_osflags
>>>show boot*
boot_dev dqa0.0.0.107.0
boot_file
boot_osflags
boot_reset OFF
bootdef_dev dqa0.0.0.107.0
booted_dev
booted_file
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